How to Install a VPN on a Firestick or FireTV

This guide will show you how to easily install the IPVanish VPN on your Firestick. It also has a guide for installing Private Internet Access(PIA) on your 2nd Gen Amazon Fire Stick, 1st Generation Fire TV or 2nd Generation Fire TV. You can use the guide for other VPN Clients but you will need to find a link to the Android VPN client of your VPN service. When you have that you can replace the bit.ly link I use in the guide below.

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How to Install IPVanish VPN on a Firestick:

Turn on/plug in you FireStick or Amazon FireTV

Highlight Apps - located at the top of the screen - and then press your middle button on your Amazon remote to bring up a sub-menu in Apps

Scroll to Categories in the sub menu

Select Utility

Look for and select IPVanish VPN

Select Get to download the IPVanish app

After the installation has completed select Open

Sign into app using your IPVanish Username and Password

Select a server location

After you have connected you can press the Home Button on your remote to return to your home screen

You will now see a warning message regarding unknown sources. Select OK you can turn off unknown sources later but we need it on for now

Go back to your home screen (press home button on remote)

Highlight Apps - located at the top of the screen - and then press your middle button on your Amazon remote to bring up a sub-menu in Apps

Scroll to Categories in the sub menu

Select Utility located at the bottom as it is alphabetical

Scroll down and select Downloader

Select Get to install Downloader

After the installation has completed select Open

You will now see the following screen. Select the URL section

You will now see a window that allows you to enter a URL. Press the select button on your remote and enter the following address bit.ly/piafire (for PIA) - If you can find the url of your own VPN providers Android client you can then go to the bit.ly website and create your own short link so you can install that client instead.

Click Next

Click Download

This will take you to the PIA download page. Hopefully it will start the download automatically. If it doesn't then use your Amazon controller to move the Red Ring (cursor) to the click here to restart the download link

The app will now download.

Once downloaded you will now see the Install window. Use your remote to highlight the Install button and select it